Published 1997
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Dynamical gauge coupling constants
Creators
- 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Technische Univ. Muenchen, Garching (Germany)
Description
In string theory the coupling parameters are functions of moduli fields. The actual values of the coupling constants are then dynamically determined through the vacuum expectation values of these fields. We review the attempts to connect such theories to low energy effective field theories with realistic gauge coupling constants. This includes a discussion of supersymmetry breakdown, the question of a running dilaton, string threshold calculations and the possibility of string unification. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- World Scientific.
- Imprint Place
- Singapore (Singapore)
- ISBN
- 981-02-2698-5
- Imprint Title
- 1995 summer school in high energy physics and cosmology
- Imprint Pagination
- 715 p.
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Series
- ICTP Series in Theoretical Physics.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-24.
Conference
- Title
- 1995 summer school in high energy physics and cosmology.
- Dates
- 12 Jun - 28 Jul 1995.
- Place
- Trieste (Italy).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Singapore
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 29035937
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPACTIFICATION; COUPLING CONSTANTS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; SPARTICLES; SUPERSTRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 63 refs, 3 figs, 2 tabs.